With the luck of perfect autumnal weather, more than 100 people gathered recently at the Rye Train Station for a ceremony to rename Station Plaza as Orial and Paul Redd Way after local civil rights leaders.
The festival included everything from talks about sports writing with Rye-based Ian Rapoport, the NFL Insider, to discussions of memoir with local author and Rye Record contributor Eileen O’Connor.
Once thought of as solely the province of Chinese and Jewish ladies of a certain age, the rummy-like game played with tiles instead of cards is now becoming a prominent social enticement appealing to younger and wider audiences.